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[News] GNU/Linux the Obvious Choice for Sub-notebooks

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What OS for Your Netbook? Duh, Linux!

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| I did a little experiment over the summer. I installed Ubuntu Linux on the 
| family PC and walked away. That’s right! I left them there hanging - no 
| support, whatsoever! Guess what? Not one, I REPEAT, not one said “I want my 
| Windows XP back!’. With Firefox, Pidgin and OpenOffice they were cooking with 
| gas and I neither got food burned nor was short-sheeted.    
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http://netbook-evangelist.com/2009/01/netbook-os-linux/


Recent:

With money tight, is it Linux's time to shine?

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| As Linux becomes easier to configure and maintain, open-source in the SoHo
| environment will become commonplace (as it is in data centers). As I'm a
| die-hard Mac fan, you may wonder how I feel about Linux. Well, my Lilliputian
| Asus kneetop came with Linux pre-installed and - surprise - I actually like
| it
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/with_money_tight_is_it_linuxs_time_to_shine


Dell Mini Inspiron 9

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| I’m living the dream, I tell you! I’ve swapped my MacBook for a Dell Mini and
| so far the experience has been pretty positive.
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http://jonrob.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/dell-mini-inspiron-9/


Moving from Mac to Ubuntu: Why I’m switching

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| Why I’m leaving Mac
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|    1. Crap file management.The Finder doesn’t work for me. No location bar
|    and no tree strucure side panel makes it difficult to navigate folders and
|    move files around the way I want to.
|    2. Insufficient panels & customization. In Ubuntu I can have as many
|    panels I want, can put all kinds of stuff on them, and can arrange them
|    however I want. In OSX You just have the dock, and you can really only put
|    applications or files on them, and you can’t even put in a separator to
|    keep them organized.
|    3. Various other annoyances. Such as:
|           * program menus are glued to the top of the screen on one monitor
|           only, which detaches them from the window. This is especailly
|           annoying when the program you’re using is on the second monitor.
|           * the date/time doesn’t open to a navigable calendar. I often use
|           this to check dates in the past or future.
|           * you can’t see hidden files unless you run a command from the
|           terminal to turn them on. Thus, hidden files are either always on
|           or always off.
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http://meganmcdermott.com/2008/08/29/moving-mac-ubuntu-switching/
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